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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
THE SOCIETY.
The Members Listen to . Fsiieisou.
Speech BY the Nations Ruler.

Speech BY the Nations Ruler.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1s.-Three hundred
persons sat down to the centennial banquet
OF the Hibernian society yesterday afternoon.
After the members had been seated q few mo-
President Cleveland arrived. AS tue
president entered the entire %asscmblage arose,
and amidst cheers n waving of handlcr.
chiefs the chief executive was escorted to his
seat by tho side Of the chairman, ex-Goy.
Andrew Curtain. After half ~ hours inter
mission Chairman Curtain raped to order,
who responded to the toast, sThe COpstttu.
ton Of tue United States" Chairman Cur.
tain aftes . few moments intermission intro.
duced President Cleveland; who spoke as
follows:
l should hardly think that my participation
In the centennial celebration was satisfactory
II ! had no opportunity OF meeting the repre-
sentativcs OF the society, which, through Its
antiquity and associations, bears close rela-
ton TO the time we commemorate. That you
celebrate this occasion is a reminder of the
fact that. in the troubious and pcrilous days
OF u country, those whose names stoon
upon your roll of membership nubly Tough,
for the cause OF free government aud for the
homes which they found upon our soil. NJ
society or corporation, I am sure, has In its
charter or In lis traditions and history a bet
ter or more valuable certificate to Its pa,ri
otic worth and character tnan you have, and
TO which this association is successor. l,
has always been noted for the firm
adherence OF Its members to the glorious
cause in which we are engaged. One OF the
objects OF your society is stated to be for the
relief OF emigrants from Ireland, and 1t leads
me to reflect how ncarly allied TO love Of
country Is kindly humanity, and how natur.
ally such benevolent purposes of this society.
as the assistance and relief of Your strange
and needy cnligrants follows the PATRIOTISM
in which 1t had Its origin. Long may the HI.
herman society live, and prosper, long may
its benevolent huinane work be prosecuted.
and when another centennial of the const,tu
ton is celebrated, may those who shall then
form Its membership, be as fully In sympath,
with its patriotism, lila history, and traditions,
and ready to join In the general fe!icitation,
as the men l see about INT here.n
Tue speech elected most uproarious an
plausr, and when the president, a few M.
ments later, started to leave the hail, TIL,
members formed In line and he WAS Compelled
to accord each q hand shake. After the re
tirement of the president, Licut.-Gen. Shcri
dan responded to the toast 'tArmy and Navy,
and Gov. Beaver to "Thirtccn Otiglna
States" Among ether speakers were Cav
Fitzdugh Lee, of Virginia, and Engineer Me!
vile, of the navy.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
"A NEW GUN.
A Long Range Dynamite Gun.

NEW York, Sept. 20.-Licut. E. L..
Zalipski made an official test of the
long range dynamite gun at Fort La
faAcste to-day. in the presence of See
rotary of the Navy Whitney, and rep-
resentatives of the Norwegian. Spanish.
French. Danish, Swedish and Japanese
governments. The target was an
eighty ton schooner anchored at u dis
t,ncr of n and one-fifth miles from
the firing point, and when the exhibit
ton was finished she was reduced TO
>livers that tloated away on the tide.
The gun used vas sixty feet long and
of eight-inch bore, carryinga prcjsctile
containing fifty pounds Of dynamite.
with a force OF 600 pounds to the
square inch. Six shots we're fired, two
of which struck the vessel, tearing her
all to pieces. Lieut.. Zalinski was con-
graduated by Secretary Whitney.
Another gun is being constructed
which will hurl 600 pounds of dyna.
mite at a charge.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
Another Railway Horror.

LONDON, Sept. 1a.-A Greadlnl collision &C.
cured to day on the Midland railway. A train
filed with cxcafs.onists c1llidcd with another
train and was wrecked. Accounts of the dis.
aster thus far received state that twenty Of
the cxcu!sioniststs were killed and many In.
jured. The Midland train was standing ON
the crossing, a mile from Doncaster, while
tickets were being collected, when the Liver.
pool express daehed into 1t. Tie guard box
was smashed to atoms, and the first ~oarr!aee
of the Liverpool train telescoped BIZ the next.
1t was a long time before the injured and
dying who were wtdgcd in the ru.,s could be
rescued. T%wenty-four persons were killed,
ard many OF the frjnred cannot recover. The
disaster was caused by defective signalling.
The scene at the wreck was horrible. Scores
of people lay bleeding or dead, wcogcd amid
the splintcred woodwork and debris. Their
shreiks and groans were heartrending, but 1t
was impossible to release them until mcchan.
zeal appliances arrived. Many were shock
ingly mangled, some decspita.cd and disem.
bowlci. Some Of the dead were only rccog.
nizable by their clothing. A curve in the line
hid the express until within a short distance
OF the excursion train. The driver hss not
explained how he ran past the danger signals.
TIC latest report places the number OF killed
ut twenty..hrec and Injured at sixty.
= lin fVnn eNNvfr.ae,n~s. 1f--x-.A-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
Managerial Diplomacy.

Merchant Traveller: s.What arrange
meats have you made regarding my
salary this season." asked q leading
man OF the manager.
u have put you down for $50 a
week."
How much will you say it is on the
postersP"
..Three hundred I. week."
"Only $500 a week. I can't agrees
to that. My professional reputation
won't stand it. I'll tell you what you
do. Give me 1926 a week and make it
$500 on the bills"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
One Henry George Vote Lost.

One Henry George Vote Lost.
Omaho Man: Hello, Fred, what brings
you here?
Eas.ern Actor: 1 have been to Cali
fornia and am going back east.
''Doyou intend to resume your Henry
George lectures against the land mo.
nopoiyp"
mo, Igos full of those notions when
l lived in New York City. I'm brayeiy
over it now. Land? There's no bland
monopoly. There's no end Of land,
hundreds and hundreds of miles too
much.
..You are on the other extreme now.
What has changed your ideas so COM
~pletely?"
81 joined u snap theatrical company
lastspring, went as far as California and
am walking back" --COmaha World.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
The Market Responded.

Pittsburg Chronicle: what caused
the movement in stocks yesterdayP"
asked n member of the New York ex-
change.
Don't know" replied the other
member. s'unless Jay Gould's
grandson is sick again
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30

"As is the bud bit with IN cnyfous worm.n
sois many q youth cut down by the gnawing
::s5r.a consumption. But ii can be made to
release it's hold and stop Its gnawing. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discoyeryn VIII, II
tafcl in time, effcc. permanent cures, not
only IL consumption, but In ail cases Of
chronic throat, bronchial and lung diseases.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30

-Lstc the policeman's, the grave diggcrs's
OF is not ahappy one. In the pursuit of his
calling he is sure to Ind himrelf in a hole. 4
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30

DUBLIN, Sept. 2o.-when the police
took their seats in Aylesboro chapel,
near Mitchelstown, Sunday, all the
other people left the building.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
su.aRks IN THE Bd1faM4s.

The sharks are not inviting, but there is
a tradition that they do not take kindly to
black flesh. Indeed, it is hard to find n
proof that they NEEDLE with human flesh
of any color, in spite of such yeracious
stories as that with which the Duke of Ed
inborough was entertained when here.
According to this account a boat car
rying five men was upset off the coast
and nothing more was seen of its
occupants until q shark was captured,
within whose proper r%ecepticle were slowed
away five human skeletons, neatly arranged
in q row. Clinging to the breast bone of
the man-eater wa the silver watch carried
by the former occupant of one of the skele-
tons-still going. Without vouching fol
this story in all of it's details, 1 can testify
that l saw an unpleasantly suggestive-look-
ing fin cleaning above the water near the
spot where 1 had taken my boy of 10 in
the day before. One Of the ~favorite pas
times of this land, where there Is SO little
game of any size, is the hunting of sharks.
The Gcnturu.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
Tho Western settler,. Chosen spcc,fc

Tho Western Settlers Chosen Specific.
With every advance Of emigration into the far
West, a new demand is created for Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Newly peopled regions are
frequently less salubrious than older settled
localities, on account of the miasma which
rises from recently cleared land, particularly
along the banks Of rivers that are subject to
freshets. The agricultural or mining emigrant
soon learns, when he does not already know.
that the Bitters afford the only sure protection
against malaria, and those disorders of the
stomach, liver, and bowels, to which climate
changes, exposure, and unsccustomed or un.
healthy water or diet subject him. Consequent.
ly. he places an estimate upon this great house.
hold specific and preventive commemorate
with its intrinsic merits, and is careful to kce1
on hand q restorative and promoter of health
SO implicitly to be relied p in time Of need
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
RIG CAMP

A Commercial Gazette correspondence
describes the late Gen. Sol. Meredith, of
Cambridge, Ind, as over six feet tall in
his prime" We should say SO. He was
six feet and q half high, and was known
as "Sol' in the army of the Potomac.
He was perfectly awful under the "kivers, !"
as he called army blankets, for when he
drew up his long legs into an angle, blank
cts, buffalo robes and all went into con-
WILSON'S, He was the longest man in the
original army If the Potomac, and rs
brave n man rs there was in it.-Dayton,
(Ohio) Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
JOHN HANCOCk'S FORTUNE.

JOHN HAfCOCk'S FORTUNE.
1t seems that John Hancock was in Eng
land when George II, was buried, and saw
the coronation Of George III. At 81 years
of age he had a fortune which overshadow-
ed any mercantile fortune in America. The
British government seized one of his trad
ing-vessels whereupon a riot ensued, and
this caused Hancock to be particularly
hated by the British officials. The day
after I went to Quincy I saw the window on
on the Old South church through which it
is said Hancock was lifted to, make q speech
about the Boston massacre. He was then
only about 81 years old. John Hancock
used to ride about in q magnificent equi-
page with gold, silver and lace upon his
person, his servants in livery, and he gave
card parties, concerts, and was particular
about his wine. Samuel Adams, q distant
relative Of the Adams about Quincy, was
the poor leader of the Boston patriots.
Hancock married Miss Quincy, and had NC
children to inherit his fortune.-Cincimnat
Enquirer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
o TOO

A gentleman owns q fine tract Of cedar
land not far from Austin, Tex, and a few
days ago he was told that some negroes
were cutting down the timber, 80 he rode
out to see about it. To his establishment
he found a wealthy white neighbor, with a
team and wagon, hauling off the timber.
why, 1 am astonished, colonel" said
the owner of the land. II heard that a lot
Of negroes were stealing my timber, and
here I find you, q white man, cutting my
timber. You ought to be ashamed OF
yourself"
We'll, to tell the truth" responded the
other party, Il hate to steal timber like q
darkey, but these cedar trees make such
bully fence rails that I concluded to DROP
all pride of race."-Teras Si}tings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
ENGLAND AND IL

One who has travelled much in Eng
md and America cannot fail to have
''iced the general tendency of Ameri-
ms to adopt Understanding ame for
binary places and things. What is
Plled a lift in England becomes an elc-
nor In America. A chop house is a
FSsaarant. Rome, Athens, Carthage
enames remarkable for their frequent
Icufrence and for the squalor and III
snlhcance of the hamlets to which they
G given. There are some twenty Pa
nc railways in the country, some Of
men do not extend more than a hun
leu miles from the starting point.
Aat Is called a tramway in England in
lleflca is a railroad.
Inc Americans L never so directly
Fa'al as the English in their nomen-
azure. Nowhere in the United States
ave l seer the sign: persons allowed
De drunk on the premises" so COM
III IN English bar-rooms. It is not
r. oplnlon of the Americans that q
pseof another name would smell as
nee'' as IS instanced by the remarka-
~ euphemism by which a groggery is
a'eo a sample-room-a stroke of ge-
.aS IN my opinion. Although an Eng
"AN'"n, L have nothing to say in de-
ASe OF the too general rude coarse
.'S oi the English in word and deed;
surely there is some middle ground
Tween this and the crude preten-
business of the American nomencla-
--H7'gllshmam, IN Globe Demo-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
GIVING FILL DIRECTIONS.

A backwoods "yarb" doctor pasted the
following lengthy ~Direckshuns for yuse"
ca a two-quart bottle containing some vile,
strong-smelling, greenish-yellow mixture,
sent to a patient sick with a fever:
"Give a label spune full eyry hour until
Better.
~If not better, a label spune full evry haf-
hour. .
IF still not better, II good-sized swaller
eyry ten minutes until all Gone, after witch
come back to me for q quart Of another
kind.
IF Fever brakes out take a cup full at
oncet."
Thank goodness" I don't have to take
the bottle and ALL" gasped the patient
Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
Spring Medicine.

use
Everybody needs and should take q good spring
medicine, for two reasons:
LIST. The body is now more susceptible to benefit
from medicine than ~ any other season.
I'd. The impurities which have accumulated in the
blood should be expelled, and the system given tone
and strength, before the prostrating effects of warm
weather are felt.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the best spring medicine for everybody. It pun.
fes the blood. It sharpens the appetite. 1ttones the
digestion. 1t overcomes debility. 1t builds up the
whole system. Try it this spring.
when 1 bought Hoods Sarsaparilla made a good
investment Of one dollar in medicine for the first
time. 1t has driven off rheumatism and improved
my appetite so much that my boarding mistress says
Unjust keep it locked up or she will he obliged to
raise my board with every other boarder that takes
Hoods Sarsararilla-" THOMAS BURRELL. 80 Hillary
St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tones and Strengthens
4 suffered considerably. being for nearly a year
troubled with indigestion. am now on my fourth
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla. and never felt better
in my life. 1t has made a new man of me-" H. M
HILLMAN. Desplaincs Street Police Station, Chi
cago, Ill.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by druggists. 81; six for Is. Prepared BY o
L.HOOD 4 co. Apothecar1es. Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
LANDING PROVISIONS IN 4 STORM

LANDING IItOV lSAONS IN II SxOk!U
While on his way home at the usual early
hour yesterday morning a reporter fell in
with Capt. John Hiends, homcward bound
also. 1t was blowing rather fresh AMI
raining, md the reporter remarked:
Rather rough, Cap'n." 'Not SO rough as
it was where l was forty years ago to-day,
was the reply. "Where was that?" Il
WAS landing provisions at Vera Cruz for the
American army. The soldiers We're suffer-
ing for food, and we took o lot of provis-
ions to the mole in n life boat and threw
them ashore, and the soldiers, with life
lines around them, waded out in the water
to catch the -four, bacon, ETC." The United
States brig Sumner, commanded by Ra-
phael Semmes, was wrecked in =. same
storm near Vera Cruz. Capt. Hiends com
manded the United States dispatch boat
Cnmorgo ON the lower Mississippi during
the rebellion, md there threw overheard a
pilot who ran him ashore Under a rebel
battery. -Port7Umd Oregonian.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18

FURNITURE MAN-"As I understand it,
you want this So iron bedstead, with oak
chip mattress. and this 800 patent sofa
bed with swans down padding sent to the
hospital ut once" Messenger-"That's it,
and send some extra fine foot and arm
pillows with the sofa-bed." All right.
Where does the iron one go?" I'm Agony
ward, No. g." @Yes. What ward does the
safa-bed 90 too" Ward? You must be
crazy; that's for the superintendent
ofice."-Omahu World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
II Astonishel the Public

To hear of the resignation of DR.. Pierce as a
Congressman to devote himself solely to his
labors as a physician. 1t was because his true
constituents were the sick and aft ,cted every
where. They will find DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" a bcnefcent use of his
scientific knowledge in their behalf. Con-
fever and ague, intermittent fever, dropsy,
neuralgia, goitrc, or thick neck, and all dis
eases of the blood, are cured by this world-re-
NJ wncd medicine. Its properties are wondcr-
fNl, its action magical. by drucgista.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
Ono Cent Inyested

In a postal card on which to send your address
to Hallett l. Co., Portland, Maine. will, be re-
turn mail, bring you, free, particulars about
work that both sexes, of all ages, can do, and
live at home, wherever they are located, earn
ing thereby from Is to s25 per day and up
wards. Some have earned over $50 in q single
day. Capital not required; you are started
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
rom sOUDER.s RAT TRAP.

Tom souder, of Montezuma caught forty
nine rats IN one night recently. He put a
large wash-pot in the barn and filed it
half full of water. Then he loated cot
ton seed on the water, sprinkling some
meal on the seed for bait. Next morning,
to his surprise, he found forty-nine rats in
the pot.-SGyuunnk Meas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
THEY OuL RUSS HIM

II had no idea Shaker had 80 many
friends in the club rs he seems to have.
Why, every n looks quite down in the
mouth since he vent abroad"
mo wonder. He forgot TO make any an
nouncement of his departure, you know,
and he carried his check. book with him.
-Town Topics.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
SAY. why is everything

FltheF 1T SlXeS OF az seVeliS?
Probably, my dear nervous sister, because
You are suffering from some of tho diseases
peculiar to your sex. You have a dragging
uown' feeling, the back-ache, you are d1ebiii-
tated, you have pains of various kinds. Take
DR.. X. v. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" and
he cured Price reduced to one dollar. BY
druggists.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
.rp u.4sDETERMINED.

Tx Err ASDE1H"'4A4'1'1
ur,m;e Cubs and Hts Sad
s'o'y ~ annoying HIS Teacher.
I"nie Gibbs is n of the daring; 9.
'"asome boys in my memory OF
u1e laws. a v Bob Burdette in the
o. ',' w. Enyle. His pa was a school
SHA and consequently Bonnie de-
' ,ns teachers in the Gibbon school
u" '.tont that made him heroic in
It was always understood
I., r;e was to test every new
to see how much sass" he
u take before he broke out and left
%.oservation. One time old MI.
was sick and n substitute took
.nao1 for o few weeks. The sub
vas u m%ild-looking man, of
i ,,o ore, somewhat bald, with a tkil.
sandy complexion, meek voice,
> ..alocL whiskers. Not q boy of
rs afraid of such a looking man as
still. Bonnie Gibbs, as usual, took
so,d for a reconnaissance the first
ming. First he dropped a book on
aar. Then he dropped his slate.
- he pushed the big dictionary off
.,ble. Then he whispered. Then
1sft his seat without permission.
!, he slammed the door like an
.houake when he went into the rcci-
,n.room. Then he whistled once.
i he mewed softly like a cat. Then
uhincd like a dog. Then he said
.am?" very loudly and pertly when
NEW teacher spoke to him very
a1v. and we all laughed ourselves
i Then Bonnie coughed like an
man. Then it was time for recess,
tbe new teacher looked at his
t,h and told us to put away u
Is and then he tiptoed meekly
un tbe uisle to Bonnie Gibbs seat.
took Rennie by both shoulders and
rrped him up and down for awhile
then he shook him until Bennie's
r began to fly out, and then he bent
r. the shrinking lad aud wore out an
onr ruler on him. Then he said in
heck, timid way: "The school may
no recess" and touched the hell for
TO 20 out. We walked out like boys
liking to their own executions. When
(nniie Gibbs could command his feel
Is he sail: "Boys. there's one point
vond which it amt safe to go with
5 fellow, but he's so sneakin' mean
out it you can't tell whether it's
oppin' the grammar or sayin' 'Ma'am,'
its somewhere along in that list"
hat night Mr.. Gibbs went to 9 the
" teacher about it, and that meek
bn beat him with o chair leg until he
d to be put to bed. You never saw
eli a man. He wasn't afraid of any
|ly. Ono day he put the President
the Board of Education out of the
noolroom because he criticised the
~ the new man taught long division.
bis teacher, whose name was Moses
Meeker, went into the Union army
on after the war broke out, and when
e of orr old boys, George Slocum, o
issouri boy who had gone into the
bel army and was serving under
lice, heard that Mceker WAS in
%rierson's cavalry, he deserted and
me North and shot off three fingers
his right hand to avoid the draft.
e said rs soon as he heard that old
ECKER had enlisted he knew the South
Fd no chance. Meeker is q preacher
Pw. He has been preaching in the
fme church for eighteen years and
Ever had but one row with the choir.
hat was the first Sunday he preached,
hd they do say that now, if he ordered
pat choir to sing the long meter dox-
|oSy to Amsterdam" or "Silver
freet" they'd do it if it burst the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
M4TKIMONIAL HINT

ior goodness sake, Clarence, do
"aVe a cupid with his bow and
o"S printed on our wedding invita-
why not, d~earest?"
NJ De'ause Cupid always looks like the
A'Iler preparing to shoot a goose"
NeUMan Independent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
SIRE SIGN

Its a sure sign of DEATH" remarked the
hotel clerk, casually. What is?" queried
the eager commercial man. Grape on the
door," replied the hotel clerk, with hat
sweet. sad smile with which he always well
comes an accession to the ranks of his vic
tims.-BuDalO Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18

%Everybody's companion is %nobody's
friend, Tut Red Star Cough Cure is every
bodies friend. Prof. Grothe, of the Brook
lyn Board of Health, endorses it as prompt,
safe, and sure. Price twenty-five cents "